Child of an Idumean Night (Composition No. 4)
Date
1936
Artist
Arshile Gorky, American, b. Dilkaya, Turkey, 1904–1948
Provenance
The artist, New York, to 1942
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1942-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
BELL GALLERY, LIST ART BUILDING, BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence. "Graham, Gorky, Smith, & Davis in the Thirties." 30 April-22 May 1977, no. 10, p. 15.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Arshile Gorky: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 4 October-25 November 1979, catalogue by Phyllis D. Rosenzweig, no. 11, p. 26, ill. p. 27.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948: A Retrospective," 23 April-19 July 1981, no. 93, ill. Tour: DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 11 September-8 November; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 3 December-28 February 1982.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC (organizer). "Surrealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," no. 43, fig. 43, p. 46. Tour: JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 22 March-4 May 1986; FINE ARTS CENTER AT CHEEKWOOD, Nashville, 26 July-7 September; MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Alabama, 27 September-9 November; VASSAR COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Poughkeepsie, New York, 29 November-11 January 1987; SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 31 January-15 March; IBM GALLERY OF SCIENCE AND ART, New York, 4 April-17 May.
MUSEUM BOCHUM, Bochum, Germany. "Art of the Armenians," 14 January-17 April 1995, no. 322, color ill. p. 394.
Published References
DAVIS, STUART. "Handmaiden of Misery," Saturday Review (28 December 1957), pp. 16-17, ill.
SCHWABACHER, ETHEL K. Arshile Gorky (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art/Macmillan, 1957), fig. 23, p. 65.
LEVY, JULIEN. Arshile Gorky (New York: Abrams, 1966), pl. 45.
SUENAGA, TERUKAZU. "Mirror of Memory: Gorky's Cruel Change," Mizue 9, no. 894 (September 1979), ill.
JORDAN, JIM M. and ROBERT GOLDWATER. The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue (New York and London: New York University Press, 1982), no. 165, ill. p. 308.
RAND, HARRY. "Great Expectations (of Style)," Arts (November 1985), fig. 1, p. 58.
AUPING, MICHAEL, ed. Abstract Expressionism: The Critical Developments (Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1987), fig. 6, p. 60.
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School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2133
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on burlap mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
12 × 8 1/8 in. (30.4 × 20.4 cm)
